Meditations on My Spam Folder
By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers. Every week or so, I skim through the emails that have accrued in my Gmail spam folder, just in case some legitimate email wound up in there by accident. And […]
Sex, Gender, and Transgender Experiences: Part 7—Male and Female in the Image of God
This is part 6 in an ongoing series on gender by Dr. Preston Sprinkle. Click here to see the first post. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged on this topic, so let me back up and get a running start to where I want to go in this post. Over the last few posts, we’ve […]
Sex, Gender, and Transgender Experiences: Overview
By Preston Sprinkle, President of the Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender. I’ve written several blog posts on this topic over the past several weeks. For your convenience, I compiled all the links to the series along with short summaries here in one blog post for easier reference. As I continue to add more […]
Sex, Gender, and Transgender Experiences: Part 6—What about Intersex?
This is part 6 in an ongoing series on gender by Dr. Preston Sprinkle. Click here to see the first post. Last March, I engaged in a dialogue with Justin Lee about faith, sexuality, and gender in front of about 900 people. There was a lengthy Q & A at the end of the talk and all […]
Sex, Gender, and Transgender Experiences: Part 5—Do we have a sexed soul?
This is part 5 in an ongoing series on gender by Dr. Preston Sprinkle. Click here to see the first post. What if someone has a female body but a male soul? Are they a man or a woman? I’m going to wrestle with these questions below. But if you’re just now jumping into this blog […]
The Broken Cistern of Gender Dysphoria: One Pastor’s Story
Benjamin Schulke is a bi-vocational pastor from West Michigan. He received his M.Div at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, and B.S in Intercultural Studies from Cornerstone University. He is married to his beautiful wife Lauren, both whom love to serve their community through hospitality and coffee! “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken […]
YWAM and LGBTQIA Inclusion
Youth With A Mission (YWAM) is a large Christian missionary organization that has recently released some statements that reaffirm their commitment to the historically Christian view of marriage and sexual ethics: “We uphold and celebrate the Biblical view that God’s intent for holy matrimony is between one man and one woman.” Or more fully: We […]
Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships
Questions about same-sex relationships are among the most pressing ethical issues facing the church today. While there has been much written on the topic, Karen Keen’s recent book Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships is a provocative contribution to the discussion.[i] I want to engage various arguments Karen lays out in her book […]
Your Arguments about Sexual Ethics Matter Less than You Think
The following blog is written by Greg Coles. Greg is part of The Center’s collaborative team and is the author of the book Single, Gay, Christian. When I teach writing to first-year college students, one of my favorite assignments asks students to write about a time their opinion changed. What, I ask, inspired the […]
What is Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria?
A recent study of Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria—the first of its kind—has created waves across the internet. Some transgender activists are outraged over it; others on the political right are using it to criticize the political left; still others, who don’t have a bone in the fight, are interested in further exploring and testing the […]